Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Projects updates

A very quick update on the status of the various projects I am working on...
As you know, it is extremely difficult for me to find the time to work so many projects, which are getting more and more complex and time consuming.
At the moment all the new projects (S-3 and MB.326) are being developed as freeware - but given the effort needed for those projects I cannot rule out a switch to payware. For the moment it is just an option... but it is being evaluated seriously.

Lockeed S-3B Viking
At the moment, this is the highest priority and I am (slowly) working on the Virtual Cockpit geometry and textures. The preliminary work was not completely satisfactory, so I have restarted it from scratch. It will take a couple of months before it is complete... so a Beta version may be released around Easter, hopefully.
An almost complete AI Tanker version is also in the works, and I am considering to release it separately.

Boeing T-45C Goshawk
I am working on few small improvements and I have made some minor tweaks to the Virtual Cockpit... no high priority changes at the moment.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
I am still collecting feedback from the latest build, although, apparently, there are no major issues that need immediate action. There are few unrleased enhancements I'd like to share with you and I will do that as soon as possible.

Grumman F-14D TomcatAlso for the big cat I have been collecting feedback from the latest build - which is far from being perfect but, at least, seems free from major problems. Once I have reached a "critical mass" of fixes/improvements I will release a further update.

Aermacchi MB.326
After some preliminary (and quite promising) work, driven by the enthusiasm of flying on the real thing, I have put this project on hold in order to try to complete the Viking.

15 comments:

Anonymous
said...

I think your work is of a standard ranking right at the top of the payware developers, it really is time to extract a little value from us fans of your awesome aircraft , I for one, will willingly click my mouse on my paypal account in return for the brilliant freeware you've generously put out there for so long ! Thanks you thank you for adding such value to our favourite hobby !

Well, getting a profit from a niche hobby like FSX is difficult, and, if you take in account properly the cost of "workmanship" you are extremely lucky if you break even.There are several issues - including taxes, but with a higher budget I could do better jobs in a more efficient way.

Aermacchi MB.339 project is, theoretically, still open...but I am not completely convinced about the quality.The fact I had a flight on a MB.326 for real is the major driver to do that instead of a 339...and then, there are other ideas which is way to early to disclose...

I don't know what your CCIP calculating to have 200 feet offset where the CCIP pointed.On screen is this around 1 to 1,5 cm this is a large deviation on the HUD. Later when i have time i make a video. With the A-10 under CCIP i god a 99,9% hit rate always. I study the original manual CNATRA P-1209 and follow the rules but with out succes. Realy don't know why.Her my A-10 Video with a hit rate 99,9% in China Lake

This is a new version of the F-35 project that improves the freeware version in several areas including new visual models, additional avionics functionalities (with TFLIR, DAS and ASR imaging support) and new flight dynamics.

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